Share Share Share January 8, 2018 January Birthdays January 8th Birthdays If you were born on January 8th, you share a birthday with these famous people: Larry Storch is 95 (nee Lawrence Samuel Storch) Nonagenarian American voice artist & actor on stage, TV (F Troop; Out of the Inkwell & Koko the Clown shorts; The Doris Day Show), and movies (40 Pounds of Trouble, Captain Newman, M.D.; The Great Race; The Last Blitzkrieg), born January 8, 1923. (Larry Storch 1959 Hennesey Screenshot) Charles Osgood is 85 (nee Charles Osgood Wood III) American author (The Osgood Files), reporter, news anchor & host on radio (Flair Reports) & TV (Universe; The CBS Morning News; CBS News Sunday Morning), born January 8, 1933. (Charles Osgood 2016 An Evening With Charles Osgood Screenshot: The New York Press Club) Shirley Bassey is 81 Welsh singer known for her Grammy Hall of Fame James Bond movie theme song Goldfinger and other hits (Moonraker; I [Who Have Nothing]; Diamonds Are Forever; Big Spender; Something; Easy to be Hard), and new octogenarian born January 8, 1937. (Shirley Bassey Photo: Daniel Kruczynski) Bob Eubanks is 80 New octogenarian American, former radio DJ, concert & record producer, Emmy Award-winning TV game show host (The Newlywed Game; All Star Secrets), born January 8, 1938. (Bob Eubanks 2012 Message to Southeast Christian Church Screenshot: NexGen Video Crew / Vimeo) Carolina Herrera is 79 (nee María Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Niño) Venezuelan-American fashion designer, founder of Carolina Herrera New York & CH Carolina Herrera fashion brands (perfumes; ready to wear; boutiques), and septuagenarian senior citizen born January 8, 1939. (Carolina Herrera 2008 Photo: Ed Kavishe / fashionwirepress) Little Anthony is 77 (nee Jerome Anthony Gourdine) American lead singer of Little Anthony & The Imperials (Tears on My Pillow; Goin' Out of My Head; Hurt so Bad), and septuagenarian senior citizen born Jan. 8, 1941. (Little Anthony 2005 Photo: Johnny Mitchell at English Wikipedia | Public Domain) Yvette Mimieux is 76 Septuagenarian senior, retired American actress of movies (The Time Machine; Where the Boys Are; Diamond Head; Three in the Attic; Light in the Piazza; The Neptune Factor) and TV (Berrenger's; The Most Deadly Game), born January 8, 1942. (Yvette Mimieux 1960 Where the Boys Are Trailer Screenshot) Kathleen Noone is 73 (nee Kathleen O'Meara) American Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress on TV (Ellen Shepherd on All My Children; As The World Turns; Passions; Claudia Whittaker on Knots Landing; Sunset Beach; Party of Five; Dexter; Days of Our Lives) and senior born January 8, 1946. (Kathleen Noone 1977 All My Children Photo: ABC TV) Mike Reno is 63 (nee Joseph Michael Rynoski) Canadian 60+ singer-songwriter and lead vocalist of Juno Award-winning rock band Loverboy (Turn Me Loose; The Kid is Hot Tonite; Working for the Weekend; Hot Girls in Love; Lovin' Every Minute of It; When It's Over; Queen of the Broken Hearts), born January 8, 1955. (Mike Reno 2003 Photo: cdnmusicdiva) R. Kelly is 51 (nee Robert Sylvester Kelly) American 50+ record producer, R&B singer-songwriter (I Believe I Can Fly; I'm Your Angel [Celine Dion duet]; Bump n' Grind; Your Body's Callin'; You Remind Me of Something; Down Low [Nobody Has to Know]; I Can't Sleep Baby [If I]), born January 8, 1967. (R.Kelly 2007 Photo: andrew steinmetz) (Photo: Ryan Hutton via Unsplash) Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 8, 2018! And remembering David Bowie (nee David Robert Jones) Androgynous British actor, rock singer-songwriter (Let’s Dance, Space Oddity, Starman, The Jean Genie, Under Pressure, Changes; Dancing in the Street), Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, and senior citizen (born Jan. 8, 1947 – died Jan. 10, 2016; age 69). Cause of death for David Bowie was liver cancer. (David Bowie 1975 Cher Photo: CBS Television | Wikimedia Commons / PD) Stephen Hawking Disabled (ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease) English cosmologist, & theoretical physicist, scientific author (A Brief History of Time), Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge (born Jan. 8, 1942 - died Mar. 14, 2018; age 76). Cause of death for Stephen Hawking is unknown. (Stephen Hawking 1980s Photo: NASA) José Ferrer (nee José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón) Tony & Academy Award-winning Puerto-Rican director & actor of stage, TV (Newhart), and film (Cyrano de Bergerac; State Fair; The Shrike; Return to Peyton Place; The Caine Mutiny; Dune; Ship of Fools; Voyage of the Damned; The Fifth Musketeer) (born Jan. 8, 1912 - died Jan. 26, 1992; age 80). José Ferrer died of colon cancer. (José Ferrer 1953 Miss Sadie Thompson Screenshot) Soupy Sales (nee Milton Supman) American radio & TV personality and host (The Soupy Sales Show; Lunch With Soupy Sales; The $10,0000 Pyramid; The Nick Clooney Show; The Match Game; The Mike Douglas Show; What's My Line?; The Hollywood Squares; To Tell the Truth) (born Jan. 8, 1926 - died Oct. 22, 2009; age 83). Soupy Sales died of cancer. (Soupy Sales 1970 The Soupy Sales Show: CBS Television) Alexandra Ripley (nee Alexandra Elizabeth Braid; aka B. K. Ripley) American southern history writer and historical fiction novelist (Scarlett; Charleston; A Love Divine; On Leaving Charleston; New Orleans Legacy; From Fields of Gold; Who's the Lady in the President's Bed?) (born Jan. 8, 1934 - died Jan. 13, 2004; age 70). Alexandra Ripley died of natural causes.(Alexandra Ripley 1999 Photo: Ocgiii at English Wikipedia) Gypsy Rose Lee (nee Rose Louise Hovick) American striptease artist (Minsky's Burlesque), actress of movies (The Stripper; The Trouble With Angels; Wind Across the Everglades; Babes in Bagdad; Belle of the Yukon, Stage Door Canteen), TV (Gypsy; The Hollywood Squares), and sister of June Havoc (born Jan. 8, 1911 - died Apr. 26, 1970; age 59). Gypsy Rose Lee died of lung cancer. (Gypsy Rose Lee 1938 My Lucky Star Screenshot) Nolan Miller American jewelry, fashion and Emmy Award-winning costume designer for television (Dynasty; Charlie's Angels; Hotel) and movies (born Jan. 8, 1933 - died June 6, 2012; age 79). Cause of death for Nolan Miller was lung cancer. *Images are public domain or Creative Commons licensed & sourced via Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, or Vimeo, unless otherwise noted*